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...California, in which an (amateur) private investigator (“Oedipa Maas”) is on the trail of another sinister outfit (“W.A.S.T.E”), a trail that leads her to just as many interesting characters and down trippy narrative side streets, with names even fruitier than the characters in “Inherent Vice” (“Pierce Inverarity,” “Randy Driblette,” “Genghis Cohen”). It’s also half the number of pages.In ways both formal and thematic...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pynchon's Noir "Inherently" Minor | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

...record scores on a 20-point scale. The test was one that required not only a trained palate but also a certain imagination. The judges had already sampled wines in a pressurized room that replicates the taste-deadening conditions at 30,000 ft., so they knew to choose softer, fruitier wines. After six bottles had been chosen, their foil coverings were removed, and even the labels were judged. "The wine has to taste good. It also has to be perceived as good," said judge Anthony Dias Blue, wine and spirits editor of Bon Appetit magazine. All six of the selected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fly Above The Storm | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

...promised to help him out for a while, but he isn't overly optimistic about the chances of success. In the 1990s, he worked hard to build Parenchère's reputation and even tinkered with the formula - pumping oxygen into the wine during fermentation to make it fruitier and smoother. But now he's 57 and looking for an easier life. "I'm not having fun any longer," he says. "The competition is growing and that scared me. This crisis will last. It's a structural one. Nobody will get out safe and sound." The wine glut's impact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Much Of A Good Thing | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

...secret of German Riesling is the soil's quartz and slate. Over time, the minerals give the wines their distinctive flavors of rosewater, litchi and apricot. Heinrich Breuer of Georg Breuer Winery also makes outstanding wines the natural way. He eschews temperature control because this technique promotes fruitier wines: "It's as if your children were brought up with no fresh air." His wines?even his Sp?tburgunder (Pinot Noir)?are exciting. Besides having a terrific wineshop, Breuer also offers the town's best digs. The R?desheimer Schloss is an 18th century hotel in the middle of the oldest part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising Riesling | 5/23/2005 | See Source »

...secret of German Riesling is the soil's quartz and slate. Over time, the minerals give the wines their distinctive flavors of rosewater, litchi and apricot. Heinrich Breuer of Georg Breuer Winery also makes outstanding wines the natural way. He eschews temperature control because this technique promotes fruitier wines: "It's as if your children were brought up with no fresh air." His wines - even his Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) - are exciting. Besides having a terrific wineshop, Breuer also offers the town's best digs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising Riesling | 5/19/2005 | See Source »

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